Tried,
Precious, and Sure
Isaiah
28:16 “Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I lay in Zion for a
foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation:
he that believeth shall not make haste”
Christ, the only begotten Son of God, is that foundational
stone laid by God himself before yet the first grain of sand was spoken into
existence.
He is a tried stone. He faltered not under the weight of the law but fulfilled it in
every jot and every tittle. Under
the tempting of Satan this tried stone remained strong. He was mocked and spitefully entreated and spit upon by enemies
and bearing the judgement of God Almighty in the place of God’s elect
this sure foundation endured that which was determined before to be done.
Christ
is a precious stone. Precious
to God for God declared This is my beloved
Son in whom I am well pleased. Satisfied
fully with the finished work of Christ, God raised Him from the dead to sit
at His right hand till His enemies be made His footstool. Precious to the recipient of grace when we
believe His propitiatory work, when we see Him our Redeemer, our Righteousness,
when we understand, though it be in part, the riches of God’s grace toward
us in Him!
Christ is a sure foundation—sure to make intercession
for His own, sure to gather His own to Himself, sure to lose none.
Christ Jesus the Lord, the solid Rock, in whom there is no danger of
erosion but rather He is all sound and sure.
The
believer shall not make haste for he waits on the Lord, with all trust laid
on the sure, precious, tried cornerstone. On this foundation there is no need
of want. The Lord comforts his people telling them Seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall
drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind. For
all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knoweth
that ye have need of these things. Luke 12:29-30.
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